About Lesa's Book Critiques
| I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana. Library Journal Mystery Reviewer of the Year 2018. 2022 Raven Award recipient from Mystery Writers of America. Recipient of the 2018 David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award from Bouchercon Board. Winner of the 2011 Arizona Library Association Outstanding Library Service Award. I am a mystery columnist for Library Journal, Mystery Readers Journal, and ReadertoReader.com. Author of the “Mystery Fiction” chapter in Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (7th ed.) Winner of the 2009 and 2010 Spinetingler Awards for Best Reviewer. |
Recent Posts
No Cats Allowed by Miranda James
Anyone who thinks of libraries as quiet safe refuges will think again after reading Miranda James' latest Cat in the Stacks mystery, No Cats Allowed. Libraries can be tough political worlds. Librarian Charlie Harris discovers how dangerous they can be in this...
love in lowercase by Francesc Miralles
Francesc Miralles' love in lowercase is an international bestseller with an interesting premise. Unfortunately, I liked the premise a little more than the book itself. Perhaps it's because I bogged down on the German literature, not the plot of the book itself. At...
Winners to the Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Barbara G. of Brea, CA won The Fine Art of Murder. Charlotte W. from Covington, GA won One Foot in the Grape. I won't be running a contest this week because of my schedule next week. But, stop back on Sunday for...